Numbers 15:32

While the sons of Israel were in the desert, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

In Context

31Because the word of Yahweh, hath he despised, and his commandment, hath he broken, that person shall be surely cut off, his iniquity, is in himself.

33And they who found him gathering sticks, brought him near, unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:23And he said unto them—That is what Yahweh spake. The observance of a holy sabbath to Yahweh, is to-morrow,—what ye would bake, bake and what ye would boil, boil, and all that is left over, put by you to keep until the morning.

Exodus 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to hallow it:

Exodus 35:2Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keeping, unto Yahweh, whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:31-37

Doom of Presumptuous Sinners. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord , and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that… Read the whole commentary →

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